Constantine Papadakis

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

A New Frontier for DrexelWith Drexel students coming from every state andmore than 100 foreign countries and the incrediblysuccessful Drexel Online growing every year, it isclear that the appeal of a Drexel education is notlimited to Philadelphia. That is why I am proudthat we will launch the Drexel University Centerfor Graduate Studies in Sacramento, Calif., inJanuary 2009.

Sacramento is the capital of what would be theworld’s fifth-largest economy, if California were anation. Yet it is underserved by private universities,which resulted in our announcement being wel-comed by the business and civic communities of theSacramento region, as well as our colleagues at thepublic University of California–Davis and Sacra-mento State. The Sacramento Bee has also laudedour plans to offer quality education in Sacramentoin two separate editorials.

The Center for Graduate Studies will offer fivemaster’s degrees beginning in January 2009 andfour more in September 2009. The planned pro-grams—Engineering Management, Higher Educa-tion, Human Resource Development, InformationSystems, Library and Information Science, NursingEducation and Faculty Role, Nursing Leadership inHealth Systems Management, Science of Instruc-tion and the MBA—closely match Drexel’s strengthswith the needs of the Sacramento region. And ourinnovative formats blending classroom and onlinestudies are tailored to the busy lives of the studentswe hope to attract.

Sacramento is the center of an exciting, rapidlyexpanding innovation economy. This makes it theideal location for Drexel’s unique brand of experi-ence-based, technology-informed and entrepre-neurial education. We look forward to serving theworking professionals of California.

In June I had the privilege of overseeing my 13thCommencement as Drexel’s president. I congratulateall of our graduates, and I look forward to celebrat-ing our Sacramento graduates in the coming years.

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Dr. Mark Greenberg AppointedInterim Provost and Senior VP

Dr. Mark Greenberg, foundingdean of the Pennoni Honors

College, was appointed interim pro -vost and senior vice president of aca-demic affairs, effective June 16, 2008,President Papadakis announced.

“Dr. Greenberg enjoys therespect and support of colleaguesacross the University, which he hasserved for more than 29 years. In hisrole as interim provost, he will havethe mandate to advance our strategicplan, enhance the quality of our aca-demic enterprise and ensure that theUniversity’s great momentum con-tinues. He is a proven leader whoseexperience will be uniquely helpfulto Drexel,” said Dr. Papadakis.

Dr. Greenberg, who succeeds Dr. Stephen W. Director, has an intimate knowledge ofthe institution on many levels, and has aided Drexel’s transformation through his devel-opment of innovative interdisciplinary programs. He has administered honors programsand the Pennoni Honors College for 13 years. He led the development and implementa-tion of innovative interdisciplinary academic programs, including building the Honorscommunity in quality and size, and introducing the Drexel Cultural Passport, whichallows freshman to receive one free admittance to Philadelphia’s cultural institutions.Greenberg has established a visiting scholars program and launched the University’s writ-ing program. He also established the Center for Civic Engagement and Study Abroad, andhe provides academic oversight for Co-op 101.

During his tenure at Drexel, Dr. Greenberg has also served as interim dean of theSchool of Education, supervisor of the Drexel-School District of PhiladelphiaPartnership, and director of graduate studies in the English Department. Prior to joiningDrexel, he taught at The University of Michigan and Saginaw Valley University. He wasalso a visiting professor at Swarthmore College and a National Endowment for theHumanities Post-Doctoral Fellow at Princeton University. The quality of his teaching wasrecognized with the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Dr. Greenberg serves on a number of editorial and executive boards, including thosefor Johns Hopkins University Press, The University of Michigan Press, Longman’sPublishers, McGraw-Hill, and the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. He hasevaluated grants and educational programs for the National Endowment for theHumanities and the National Science Foundation and consulted for the National FilmBoard of Canada and for the president and provost of The New School.

Dr. Greenberg earned his bachelor’s degree from Queens College of the City Universityof New York and master’s and doctoral degrees in English Language and Literature fromThe University of Michigan. He has published three books and more than 30 articles orchapters in books and delivered more than 80 invited presentations and keynote address-es on 18th and 19th century British literature.

Alumnus C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni (left), former chair of the Board of Trustees,and his wife, Annette, join Dr. Mark Greenberg, newly named interimprovost and senior vice president of academic affairs. Dr. Greenberg is thefounding dean of the Pennoni Honors College, named after the Pennonis.

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rexel’s 121st Commencement recognized the achievementsof students, faculty and five honorary degree recipients.

Honorary degrees were conferred on financial and philan-thropic visionary Carl C. Icahn, acting U.S. Surgeon GeneralAdmiral Steven K. Galson, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter andbest-selling author, attorney and columnist Lisa Scottoline. Adegree was conferred posthumously on former trustee Harold W.“Hal” Pote who served on the Board of Trustees for 17 years andhad just been elected vice chair before his untimely death in 2007.The award was accepted by his wife, Linda Johnson.

The newly named Harold W. Pote “Behind Every Graduate”Award was presented to four high school teachers, nominated bygraduating seniors for inspiring them to pursue their college stud-ies. The recipients were: Commander Eugene Isert, a Naval JuniorROTC teacher at Clay High School in Green Cove Springs, Fla.,nominated by James Mazzuchelli; Bonnie Neff, an English teacher

at Hiram W. Johnson High School in Sacramento, Calif., nom-inated by Frederick Lucina; Maureen Keppard-Pedlow, a mathteacher at Father Judge High School in Phila delphia, nominat-ed by Joseph Babiasz, and Eileen Marx, a journalism teacher atNotre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, N.J., nominated byNeha Yadav.

Ten students (right) were recognized for maintaining a 4.0grade point average: Lily Anna Brown, Maria Cummings, Matt -hew Giannetto, Vitaliy Konev, Nithin Michael, Alina Palimaru,Brian Papsun, Erica Romeo, James Thiel and Andrew Wright.(Maria Cummings is not pictured.)

Two students received President’s Awards for submitting thebest idea to improve the University: Christopher Young, whorecommended a Webcam showing Buckley Fields and CharisJones Reiner who recommended the recently inaugurated seniorsend-off program, “Bon Voyage.”

HONORARY DEGREES

Financial visionary Carl C. Icahn receiving honorary degree from PresidentPapadakis and Dr. Director at the ceremony for the graduates of the LeBowCollege of Business.

Left to right: Dr. George Tsetsekos,dean, LeBow College of Business,Dr. Bennett S. LeBow ’60, forwhom the College is named, andhonoree Carl C. Icahn.

Left to right: Richard A. Greenawalt ’66, chair, Board of Trustees, withhonoree Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson and Linda Johnson, wife ofposthumous honoree Harold W. “Hal” Pote, at the ceremony for thegraduates of College of Nursing and Health Professions, Richard C.Goodwin College of Professional Studies and the School of PublicHealth.

Mayor Michael Nutter receiving honorarydegree from President Papadakis at the cere-mony for the graduates of College ofEngineering, School of BiomedicalEngineering, Science and Health Systems,and the School of Education.

Dr. Paula Marantz Cohen, grandmarshal at the ceremony for the

graduates of AntoinetteWestphal College of Media Arts

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The following individuals were recognized as recipients ofFaculty Awards: Dr. Doreen Alvarez Saar, College of Arts andSciences, Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for TeachingExcellence; Dr. David Urias, School of Education, LindbackMinority Junior Faculty Award; Dr. Richard Knight, College ofEngineering, Harold M. Myers Award for Distinguished Service tothe University; Dr. Roberto Ramos, College of Arts and Sciences,Allen Rothwarf Award for Teaching Excel lence (Junior Faculty);Alexis Finger, College of Arts and Sciences, Barbara G. HornumAward for Teaching Excellence (Teaching Faculty); Dr. PeterLelkes, College of Engineering, Research Achievement Award.

Visit www.drexel.edu/irt/news/ commence08.html to viewa webcast archive of the Commencement ceremonies.

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Dr. John DiNardo, vice provost for academic affairs, with LisaScottoline, recipient of an honoree degree at the ceremony for the gradu-ates of Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, College ofInformation Science and Technology, and College of Arts and Sciences.

President Papadakis and Eliana Papadakis with their daughter Maria, whoreceived a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Lily Anna Brown Matthew Giannetto Vitaliy Konev Nithin Michael Alina Palimaru Brian Papsun Erica Romeo James Thiel Andrew Wright

Drexel senior singers left to right: Zachary Brooks, Kathryn Guarrieri, DavidHumes, Devin Ruffner and Alison Tobach performed the Star Spangled Banner atthe opening of the ceremony for the graduates of Antoinette Westphal College ofMedia Arts & Design, College of Information Science and Technology and theCollege of Arts and Sciences.

The University celebrated its 121st

Commencement on Saturday, June 14 in four

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Center. More than 4,600 diplomas were

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Dr. Shailesh Gangoli, research fellow,Drexel Plasma Institute, was the studentspeaker at the ceremony for the graduatesof College of Engineering, School ofBiomedical Engineering, Science andHealth Systems, and the School ofEducation.

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Harold W. Pote “BEHIND EVERY GRADUATE” AWARDEES

PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR BEST SUGGESTION

Left to right: Carl “Tobey” Oxholm III, executive vicepresident and chief-of-staff, Rainer Burrow, a juniormajoring in mechanical engineering, who suggestedthe Traditions Program and Donna Murasko, dean,College of Arts and Sciences.

President Papadakis congratulatesChristopher Young, a junior majoring in business administration, who suggestedWebcams on Buckley Field.

Josh Goldschmid, Mukilteo, Washington, online MS inEngineering Manage ment with Selçuk Güçeri (right),dean, College of Engineering.

Michelle Goddard, EllicottCity, Md., online MS inEngineering Management.

Elisa Halpin, Indianapolis,Ind., online MS in HigherEducation.

Irene Taliaferro, Montrose,N.Y., online certificate inToxicology and IndustrialHygiene.

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Eileen Marx (right), a journalismteacher at Notre Dame High School inLawrenceville, N.J., nominated byNeha Yadav, a psychology major.

Maureen Keppard-Pedlow (left), amath teacher at Father Judge HighSchool in Philadelphia, nominatedby Joseph Babiasz, an electricalengineering major.

Commander Eugene Isert (right), a NavalJunior ROTC teacher at Clay High School inGreen Cove Springs, Fla., nominated byJames Mazzuchelli, a commerce and engi-neering major.

Provost Stephen W. Director (right) congratulatesBonnie Neff (left), an English teacher at Hiram W.Johnson High School in Sacramento, Calif., nominat-ed by Frederick Lucina, a nursing major.

Laura Valenti, associate vice president,Institutional Advancement, CoNHP, with son Brian(left), recipient of a bachelor’s degree in businessadministration and husband, Michael, a retiredPhiladelphia police officer and recipient of anassociate’s degree in radiologic technology.

Trustee emerita Melba Pearlstein (left) with her daugh-ter, trustee Abby Dean, who received a master of sci-ence degree in interior design, at the ceremony for thegraduates of Antoinette Westphal College of MediaArts & Design, College of Information Science andTechnology and College of Arts and Sciences.

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Dr. Dennis P. Andrulis, director, and Nadia J. Siddiqui, ahealth policy analyst at the Center for Health Equality,SPH, led the workshop “Chal lenges and Actions toIntegrating Racially and Ethnically Diverse Commu -nities into Public Health Emergency Preparedness.”

Dr. Patrick Auth, clinical associate professor and direc-tor of the Physician Assistant Program, CoNHP, is theco-editor of Physician Assistant Review, recentlypublished by Lippincott Wil liams and Wilkins.

Kate Baldwin, adjunct professor of visual studies,AWCoMAD, had her work included in the exhibition“Emerging to Established: 25 Years of the Center forEmerging Visual Arts” at the Philade lphia Museumof Art.

Dr. Ken Barbee, associate professor, BIOMED, Dr. DovJaron, Calhoun Distinguished Professor of Engi neeringin Medicine, BIOMED, Dihui Hong, graduate student,BIOMED and Dr. Donald Buerk, research associateprofessor at the University of Pennsylvania, publishedthe paper “Transport-dependent Calcium Signaling inSpatially Seg regated Cellular Caveolar Domains” inthe Ameri can Journal of Cell Physiology and“Validation of High Gradient Magnetic Field-basedDrug Delivery to Magnetizable Implants Under Flow” inIEEE Trans Biomed and “Mechanically-induced Mem -brane Poration Causes Axonal Beading and LocalizedCytoskeletal Damage” in Experimental Neurology.

Dr. Zekarias Berhane, assistant professor, SPH, led theworkshop “Planning and Running Analyses of Pub -licly Available Data: Using BRFSS Data” at the spring2008 Public Health Institute in State College, Pa.

Keith Berthrong, electronic services librarian, the EarleMack School of Law, co-presented “Out sourcingFaculty Publication Pages” at the annual conferenceof the Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instructionsin Baltimore, Md. Berthrong discussed the use ofBEpress Selected Works to create and maintain fac-ulty pages including full text of faculty publications.

Jen Blazina, assistant professor of visual studies,AWCoMAD, is included in a group exhibition,“Multiplicity,” at American University through July27. Blazina recently returned from Stanford Univer -sity where she was invited to speak and conduct a

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Dr. Lisa Chiarello, associate professor, rehabilita-tion sciences, CoNHP, received $25,500 from theUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterPresbyterian Health Foundation for “PediatricPhysical Therapy for Young Children withCerebral Palsy: Current Interventions andSuggestions about Effectiveness for Gross Motorand Self-care Activity.”

Dr. H. Michael Dreher, associate professor anddirector of doctoral nursing programs, CoNHP,announced that the following doctoral nursingstudents have received competitive research sup-port for their clinical dissertation studies: Linda S.Wright, a $2,500 Clinical Practice Grant from theAmerican Nephrology Nurses Association; SusanWalker, an $11,000 grant from the Nat ion al KidneyFoundation and a Dr. Elizabeth Gonzalez Out -standing Dissertation Proposal Award for $500;Ann B. Townsend, a $1500 Adele Lewis/ClaraMelville Scholarship awarded by the JeffersonNurses Alumni Association; Susan E. Baseman, a$4,000 award from the ProRoberto Foundationand Sharon K. Byrne, a Dr. Anne Ferrari MemorialDissertation Proposal Award for Study ofVulnerable Populations for $750.

Dr. Patricia Dunphy Suplee, assistant professor ofnursing and assistant dean, CoNHP, received a$58,000 HRSA grant for “Sustaining DiverseNursing Student Cohorts in Baccalaureate Nurs -ing Programs,” which will be used for scholar-ships for disadvantaged students in the nursingco-op program.

Dr. MinJun Kim, assistant professor, MEM, and Dr.Mira Olson, assistant professor, CAE, were award-ed a $50,000 USDA equipment grant, which willbe used to purchase real-time PCR equipment forqualification of environmental pathogens. Dr.Kim also received a Drexel University CareerDevelopment Award in the amount of $10,000,

which will be used to organize a working group ofcollaborators in the Imperial College of Londonand the National Institute of Standards andTechnology to visit Drexel to discuss a potentialcollaborative research project as well as offer atwo-day workshop to introduce the developmentof nanomanufacturing, single molecule analysisfor nucleic acids, biomimetic design and fabrica-tion of organic-inorganic nanoarchitectures.

Dr. Christopher Li, associate professor, MSE, wasawarded a $300,000, three-year grant for “CarbonNanotube Induced Polymer Crystallization, Struc -ture and Morphology” from the Division of Mate -rials Research of the National Science Foundation.

Dr. Karen Moxon, associate professor, BIOMED,Dr. Barry Waterhouse, Dr. Brian Clark, Dr. JedShumsky and Dr. Wen-Jun Gao, DUCoM,received a DrexelMed Translational ResearchGrant in the amount of $125,000 for the project“Pharmacology, Physiology and BehavioralTesting of Drugs Used To Treat Cognitive andAttentional Disorders.”

Dr. Il-Yeol Song, professor, CoIST, received 100licenses of TARGIT TEST Environment softwarefor students, valued at $250,000.

Dr. Margaret Wheatley, John M. Reid Professor,and Nicola Francis and Mihir Shanbhag, graduatestudents, BIOMED, received a grant extension inthe amount of $45,000 from the Bryon RieschParalysis Foundation for the project “Develop -ment of An Implantable Construct for SynergisticInjury Treatment.”

Dr. Jack Zhou, professor, MEM, and Dr. Peter I.Lelkes. professor, BIOMED, received a $360,500grant from the National Science Foundation fortheir project “GOALI, Collaborative Research:Design and Manufacturing of Bioactive SurgicalFixation Devices Using Injection Molding ofGradient Cellular Structures.”

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WALLACE H. COULTER TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH GRANTSDr. Ken Barbee, associate professor, Dr. Gary Friedman,professor, ECE, Dr. Alexander Fridman, professor, MEM,Dr. Ari Brooks, DUCoM, Dr. Victor Vasilets, A.J. DrexelPlasma Institute and Dr. Alexander Gutsol, A.J. DrexelInstitute, received $50,000 for the project “Plas maDischarge Tissue Sterilization Tissue Engineering.”

Dr. Chang Chang, assistant professor, and Dr. HowardEisen, DUCoM, received $100,000 for the project“Diagnostic Raman Microspectroscopy for HeartTransplant Rejection.”

Dr. Ryszard Lec, professor, BIOMED and ECE, Dr. MarkSwoboda, research assistant professor, and Dr. HowardEisen, DUCoM, received $50,000 for the project “Non-

invasive Biosensor for Recording of Blood PressurePulse Waveforms.”

Dr. Peter Lelkes, Calhoun Chair Professor of CellularTissue Engineering , Dr. Russell J. Composto, MES andDr. Robert Levy, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,received $100,000 the project “LCL Grafts: InnovativeSmall Caliber Vascular Grafts for Coronary BypassOperations.”

Dr. Karen Moxon, associate professor, with Dr. SigmundJenssen, DUCoM and Dr. Kareem Zagloul, Penn, received$70,000 for the project “Development of a Clinical Devicefor Real-time Seizure Detection.”

Dr. Elisabeth Papazoglou, assistant professor, BIO-MED, CoE, Dr. Sreekant Murthy and Dr. James C.Reynolds, DUCoM, received $100,000 in Coulter

funding for the project “QLISA Detection of Inflam -mation Biomarkers.”

Dr. Kambiz Pourrezaei, professor, and Dr. Jay Harrow andDr. Scott Bunce, DUCoM, received $45,000 for the proj-ect “Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy as a Monitorfor Depth of Anesthesia.”

Dr. Arye Rosen, Academy Professor of Biomed ical andElectrical Engineering and Dr. Francis Kralick,DUCoM, received $40,000 for the project “A WirelessEmbedded Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Device,Implantable at Bedside.”

Dr. Wan Shih, associate professor, Dr. Wei H. Shih, pro-fessor, MSE, and Dr. Ari Brooks, DUCoM, received$89,000 for the project “Portable Breast Elasticity andMobility Measurement for Tumor Location andMalignancy Screening.”

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digital printmaking workshop at Kala Art Institute.Blazina will have a solo show in Judy Youens Gal -lery in Sante Fe through August 31, and she willhave a residency at Frans Masereel Centrum inBelgium from through July 27 and a residencythrough an NEA fellowship at the Women’s StudioWorkshop in Rosendale, N.Y. from August 18through September 29.

Dr. Joan Rosen Bloch, assistant professor, CoNHP, pre-sented “Innovative Teaching In Women’s Health:Developing Evidence-Based Practice Com peten ciesand Identifying Gaps of Evidence for Future Women’sHealth Research” with Dr. Katy Dawley, JosephPersichilli, and Geri Scherzer, adjunct faculty, and“Neuro devel op mentally Disabled Children: CaregiverChallenges from Birth to Adult hood,” with Dr. MarciaGardner, clinical assistant professor and Dr. KathleenM. Fisher, associate professor, CoNHP, at theInternational Nursing Re search Conference: Facingthe Challenge of Health Care Systems in Transition inJerusalem, Israel.

Dr. Patria Castronuevo, instructor, Department ofBioscience and Biotechnology, SPH, and Drexel atBurlington County Community College seniors,Marriam Malik, Sean Kohler, Susan Maynard, andJacques Snijders presented the poster, “A SingleNucleotide Polymorphism of Human SerglycinGene Identified in Calcified Knee Articular Cartilageof an Osteoarthritic Individual” at the 2008 EasternColleges Science Conference in New York, N.Y.

Bobby Chang and Halim Ayan, doctoral students, MEM,placed second overall in the 2008 Baiada BusinessPlan Competition and received $1,000 for their projectInvitroPharm. They developed Invitro Pharm to test ahigh-fidelity, high-throughput in vitro toxicology plat-form as a bridge between traditional in vitro and invivo testing of drugs.

John Chmiola, doctoral student, MSE, received theBest Student Poster Award for the poster “PorousCarbon Films for Maximizing Supercapacitor Perfor -mance;” and Davide Mattia and Aiguo Zhou, doctor-al students, MSE, received the best dissertation inMathematical Sciences and Engineering Awardatthe 213th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society inPhoenix, Ariz.

Belinha De Abreu, auxiliary assistant professor,CoIST, was invited to present “Social Net workingand the K-12 Classroom” at the “New Agendas forMedia Literacy” conference held at the Universityof Texas at Austin, Texas.

Johann Desa, doctoral student, BIOMED and ErtanErgezen, graduate student, MEM, won the 2008 IEEEInternational Frequency Control Symposium Stu dentPoster Competition in Honolulu. They received a cer-tificate and a $500 prize for their poster “ImprovedSensitivity of MTSM Sensors Using a CompositeSensor-Actuator Structure.”

Dr. Frank Ferrone, professor of physics, CoAS gave alecture “Sickle Hemoglobin Polymerization: Lessonsfor Protein Association Diseases” at the “New

Challenges in Protein Science” symposium inhonor of William A. Eaton in Parma, Italy.

Dr. Joe Foley, professor of chemistry, CoAS, and threechemistry doctoral students, Addy Kojtari, JeanineErdner-Tindall and Adam Socia, attended the 32ndInternational Symposium on High PerformanceLiquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques inBalti more, Md. Addy Kojtari received a symposium-sponsored travel award to attend the conferenceand presented a poster “Effect of MicroemulsionComponent Purity on the Chromatographic Figuresof Merit in Chiral Micro emulsion ElectrokineticChroma tog raphy.” Dr. Foley gave a contributed lec-ture, “Optimi zation of Chiral Microemulsion Electro -kinetic Chrom a tog raphy in the Presence and Absenceof Enantio selective Synergies.”

Dr. Arthur L. Frank, professor and chair, Department ofEnvironmental and Occupational Health, SPH, gaveseveral lectures to physicians pursuing training inoccupational medicine at the Maulana Azad Medi calCollege in Delhi, India. Dr. Frank also spoke at theNational Conference on Climate Change and Impacton Health in New Delhi, India.

Dr. Alexander Fridman, Nyheim Chair Professor ofMechanical Engineering and Mechanics and direc-tor of the A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute, CoE, hasreleased Plasma Chemistry, the first comprehensivebook on plasma chemistry. The book, published byCambridge University Press, provides an introduc-tion to all aspects of modern plasma science anddescribes plasma applications to material treat-ment, organic and inorganic chemistry, energy sys-tems, fuel conversion, hydrogen production, envi-ronmental control, biology and medicine.

Dr. Shawkat Hammoudeh, professor, Department ofEconomics and International Business, had the invitedpaper “Empirical Investigation of a Cartel’s Opti malPolicy in Presence of Noncompliance: The Case ofOPEC” published in the current issue of Geopol itics ofEnergy, a publication under the auspices of theCanadian Energy Research Institute (CERI).

Edward Keough, undergraduate student, BIOMED,was recognized at the annual Outstanding Co-oper-ative Education Awards reception. Keough was oneof eight students chosen from 84 nominees for theirexceptional efforts in fulfilling the goals and ideals ofco-operative education. Keough also won firstplace in the 2008 BIOMED Senior Design Com -petition for the project “Micro-patterned AssayPlate for High-Throughput Screening of ThreeDimensional Epithelial Cell Cul tures” with under-graduate students Peter Clark, Brendan Davis andAndrew Mastrosante.

Julie Kinzel, clinical instructor, and Dr. NaveedAhmned, clinical assistant professor, PhysicianAssistant Program, CoNHP, and faculty advisorsto the W.W. Oaks Physician Assistant StudentSociety coached team members: JacquelineCummings, Kristen Frank, Willow Leitch, andErica Lin, CoNHP, to the final round of TheNational Medical Challenge Bowl, held duringthe American Acad emy Physician AssistantAnnual Conference in Washington, D.C.

Richard Knight, auxiliary professor, MSE, receivedthe Harold M. Myers Award for DistinguishedService at Drexel. This honor is presented to afaculty or staff member of the Drexel communitywho has gone above and beyond their position inservice to the University community.

Dr. Andres Kriete, associate professor, BIOMED, andhis program for human lung modeling and simula-tion, LungSim, was accepted for inclusion inStanford’s Biosim/Sim-TK modeling repository.The software will be featured at the upcomingIMAG meeting in Montreal, as well as during theInter national Summit on Future of Quantitative andFunctional Lung Imaging in Iowa later this year.

Dr. Steven Kurtz, research professor, BIOMED, aswell as principal engineer, corporate vice presi-dent and director of the Philadelphia office ofExponent, won the 2008 John W. Hyatt “Benefitto Society” Award from the Society of Plastics

Rupert Scholarships Make a Nursing Degree Possible Theresa M. Rupert graduated from the Hahnemann School ofNursing in 1929, an education made possible by a small loan fromher sister. Because of her appreciation for the loan, she wasprompted to do the same for others. Mrs. Rubert designated in herwill that money be donated to the Hahnemann School of Nursingfor scholarships. Since the Hahnemann School of Nursing becameDrexel’s College of Nursing and Health Professions, the Scholar -ships have been awarded to full-time students in the BSN co-opprogram. The Rupert Scholars currently receive $10,000 per yearfor three years, starting in their pre-junior year. Dean GloriaDonnelly is pictured with Rupert Scholar Sarah Bakermans priorto the traditional pinning ceremony for nursing graduates. Notpictured are two additional Rupert Scholars who graduated thisyear: Demetra Exarhoualokos and Katlyn Matthews.

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Engineers. Dr. Kurtz received this award for hiscontribution to the characterization and under-standing of medical plastics, the state of the art inorthopedic and spinal implants, and the educationand training of engineers directly impacting theadvancement of medical device technology.

Dr. Hyun Su Lee, post-doctoral research fellow, chem-istry, CoAS, presented the paper “Use of the QuartzCrystal Microbalance to Monitor Deposition fromOrganic Solvents,” at the 40th Mid-Atlantic RegionalMeeting of the American Chemical Society atQueens boro College in Flushing, N.Y.

Dr. Joseph Lema, auxiliary assistant professor, hospi-tality management, RGCoPS, was elected to theeditorial board for the Journal of Tourism, an inter-national research journal.

Dr. Peter A. Lewin, Richard B. Beard DistinguishedUniversity Professor of Biomedical and Electricaland Computer Engineering, BIOMED, received anextended membership through 2010 on the FranklinInstitute Committee on Science and Awards. Thiscommittee is frequently referred to as an American‘Nobel Prize” committee.

Pak Kau Lim, undergraduate researcher, MEM, whoworks, through the Hess Honors Research pro-gram, with Dr. Alisa Morss, assistant professor,MEM, won Best Undergraduate Poster at the 2008Drexel University Research Day competition in thecategory Computation, Modeling, and Simulationfor the poster “Application of the Lattice BoltzmannEquation Method to Fibroblast Growth Factor-2Transport through Biological Tissues.”

Claire Mead, The Math Forum at Drexel, presented“Developing Probability and Data Analysis Con -cepts with Technology” at the National Council ofTeachers of Mathematics conference in Salt LakeCity, Utah.

Andrea Modica, associate professor of photography,AWCoMAD, has her work featured in PicturingModer nity: The Photography Collection at the SanFrancisco Museum of Modern Art. Modica’s workwas also reviewed in Art on Paper, Art in America andin Twentieth Century United States Photo graphers: AStudent’s Guide, published by Greenwood Press.

Dr. Craig Newschaffer, chair, Department ofEpidemiology and Biostatistics, SPH, led the work-shop “Autism as a Public Health Problem” and Dr.Longjian Liu, associate professor, Department ofEpidemiology and Biostatistics, presented “Epide -mi o logical Perspectives on Screening for Colo -rectal Cancer and Use of Publicly AvailableDatasets” at the Spring Public Health Institute inState College. Dr. Newschaffer also presented“Epidemiologic Approaches for Studying Environ -mental Influences on Autism Spectrum Disorders”at the Marino Autism Research Institute ScientificSymposium at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center forResearch on Human Development.

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Dr. Jung-ran Park, assistant professor, CoIST, had thefollowing articles accepted for publication:“Linguistic Politeness and Face-Work in ComputerMediated Communication: Part One: A TheoreticalFramework” and Part 2: An Application of theTheoretical Framework,“in the Journal of theAmerican Society for Information Science andTechnology. Dr. Park also received an invitation todeliver a week-long workshop on MetadataStandards and Application from the United ArabEmirates University in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Siddhartha Pathak and Marko Knezevic, doctoral stu-dents, MSE, placed first in the second phase of the 2008Business Plan Competition sponsored by the LaurenceA. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship, and receivedan award of $1,000, for their plan, “MicrostructureSensitive Design of Materials.” Wanting Hu and ZhenCai, undergraduate students in business administra-tion, were also members of the team.

Bruce Pollock, AWCoMAD instructor of visual stud-ies, is featured on the cover and has three paintingsincluded in the book New American Paintings:Juried Exhibitions-In-Print.

Dr. Kambiz Pourrezaei, professor, BIOMED presentedthe paper “Technology Development and Tech Trans -fer in the Nanotechnology Institute: A ComprehensiveModel for Nano-based Development” at Nanotech2008 in Boston, Mass. Dr. Pourrezaei also published,“Development of Surface-enhanced Raman Scat -tering Substrates Using Nanoparticle-based PrintingLinks,” in the Society of Photo-Optical Instru men -tation Engineers Proceedings on Biopho ton ics, withDr. Som Tyagi, professor of 0physics, CoAS, ManuelFigueroa, undergraduate student, BIOMED andSamuel Park, undergraduate student, CBE.

Olive Prince, dance instructor, AWCoMAD, per-formed in GroupMotion Dance Company’s seasonfinale, REFUG(u)E, at the University of the Arts andin Merian Soto’s OneYear Wissahickon ParkProject. Prince also performed new choreographyat the New Festival Meet the Artist Series at theUniversity of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Dr. Roberto Ramos, assistant professor of physics,CoAS, presented a contributed talk “Spectroscopyof Multiple Coupled Quantum Devices” and co-chaired the Session on Spectroscopy and Imagingat the 28th Annual Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering atGeorgetown University.

Dr. Joseph Reilly, senior lecturer, RGCoPS, presentedthe research paper, “The Revolution Was Tele vised:Looking Back at Charles A. Reich’s The Greening ofAmerica,” at the International Psycho historical Asso -ciation annual convention at Fordham University.

Dr. Judith L. Reishtein, assistant professor, CoNHP, pre-sented the poster, “Sleep and Breathing in COPD:Preliminary Findings” at the American ThoracicSociety annual meeting in Toronto. Dr. Reishtein alsopresented “Oxygenation, Sleep, and Neurobehaviorin COPD,” at Sleep 2008, the annual meeting of the

American Academy of Sleep Medicine and SleepResearch Society in Baltimore and “Sleep andBreathing in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Dis -ease” at the International Nursing Research Con -ference: Facing the Challenge of Health CareSystems in Transition in Jerusalem, Israel.

Steve Risberg, The Math Forum at Drexel, presented“Increase the Odds That Your Students Will BeExcited About Probability and Data Analysis,” inwhich participants investigated the teaching andlearning of Probability and Data Analysis throughan exploration of free online resources at theNational Council of Teachers of Mathematics con-ference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Patty Rubertone, clinical assistant professor and aca-demic coordinator of clinical education, rehabilita-tion sciences, CoNHP, was awarded CredentialedClinical Instructor status for an initial three-yearperiod by the Clinical Instructor Education Board ofthe American Physical Therapy Association.

Dr. David A. Ruth, dean of students, presented a work-shop “Online Communities: Our Obligation to Edu -cate Student and Parents” at the 2008 conferencefor the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges andEmployers in Harrisburg, Pa.

Dr. Wan Y. Shih, professor, BIOMED, Wei-Heng Shih,professor and doctoral student Hui Li, MSE, pub-lished the article “Synthesis and Characterizationof Aqueous Carboxyl-Capped CdS Quantum Dotsfor Bioapplications,” which was named one of themost-accessed articles in Industrial and Engi neer -ing Chemistry Research by American ChemicalSociety Publications for the year 2007.

Penny Shumate, voice instructor, AWCoMAD, willmake her debut this year at the Berkshire ChoralFestival as a soloist in Carmina Burana and in thefinale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. In addition,she will appear with the Baltimore Opera for twoconcerts and at Carnegie Hall as a soloist inMozart’s Coronation Mass.

Stephen Weimar, The Math Forum at Drexel, present-ed “Talking Probability in a Collaborative OnlineEnvironment,” about the Virtual Math TeamsProject at The Math Forum at Drexel, an NSF-fund-ed project that provides online collaborative learn-ing opportunities for students in grades 6-12 at theNational Council of Teachers of Mathematics con-ference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dr. Lisl Zach, assistant professor, CoIST, spoke on thetopic of her IMLS-funded project investigatinglibrary and information services during community-based disasters at the Four Star Research Presen tation sponsored by the Library Research RoundTable Research Forums at the American LibraryAssociation conference in Anaheim, Calif.

Dr. Eric Zillmer, Carl R. Pacifico Professor of Neuro -psychology and Director of Athletics, had a Chinesetranslation of Military Psychology: Clinical andOperational Applications published by East ChinaNormal University Press in Shanghai.

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Drexel Hosts Global Warming Workshop with Chinese ScientistsDrexel recently hosted a collaborative workshop focusing on the problem of global warming with

leading scientists from China. The workshop continued a dialoguesponsored by the Global Cause Foundation, which began with work-shops in China last year. The scientists presented their latest researchfindings in the area of global warming and discussed how best to workwith their international counterparts on scientific research, education,public outreach, student and scholar exchange, pilot projects and otherjoint activities related to global warming. Pictured from left to rightare: Dr. Neal Lane, former science advisor to President Clinton, formerdirector of the National Science Foundation and currently eminent

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OGCR Hosts Annual “Celebrate Health” Fair with West Philadelphia PartnersDrexel students, staff and faculty joined the Mantua community forthe 10th annual “Celebrate Health” Fair. More than 300 people attend-ed the event, hosted by the Office of Government and CommunityRelations, at the West Philadelphia Community Center. The fair wasorganized in partnership with 3rd District Council woman JannieBlackwell, the Mantua Community Improvement Committee, thePowelton Village Civic Association and local churches. More than 100volunteers assisted with the event, 60 of which were Drexel students.Councilwoman Blackwell is pictured (right) with Mario the Dragon.

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